SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

SpotCrime is now mapping crime in San Marcos, TX ! San Marcos is located in between Austin and San Antonio and has a population of over 44k. We reached out to the police department by request of a San Marcos resident who happened to be one of our users. Within a week, we started receiving data from the department and had it mapped on SpotCrime! We'll be updating the map daily now. The SpotCrime San Marcos crime map is made possible by a combination of curious residents who want to be informed and a police agency who knows that being transparent with residents is best . Make sure to thank the San Marcos PD the next time you check out the SpotCrime San Marcos crime map or read about San Marcos crime in a local paper. Want to see crime mapped in your local neighborhood? Let us know and let your police department know about SpotCrime. We'll map the information and send out email alerts for free - the data just needs to be made available. Stay aware, stay safe!

SpotCrime is now mapping Bexar County, TX! SpotCrime Bexar County map zoomed out. Bexar County holds the city of San Antonio. That's why it looks like there is crime mapped in a circle - almost like the shape of a donut with a hole in the middle. Now that SpotCrime started mapping Bexar County, we are able to provide a bigger picture of crime for residents in the San Antonio area. You can view crime on the front page of SpotCrime or you can search a SpotCrime City Map. View Bexar County's SpotCrime map here . View San Antonio SpotCrime map here . If you don't prefer SpotCrime maps, make sure to check out our 'sister' site - MyLocalCrime . MLC presents the same information as SpotCrime, only in a different format. If you want to stay up to date on breaking news in the area, make sure to turn your channel to News 4 WOAI , our news partner in the area. They host SpotCrime maps on their website under their Crime Tracker section and cover local San Antonio

The FBI recently published their annual 2011 UCR statistics for cities across the US.  These statistics are compiled by the FBI with data that is submitted by police departments.  Most departments across the US voluntarily submit their crime data to the FBI on a monthly basis.  If you're interested in UCR statistics for your city, give your local PD a ring - UCR stats are public information. You can check out and download the FBI 2011 UCR data here Out of curiosity, I created a few charts to visualize what my chances were of being a victim of crimes in cities with a population greater than 1 million.  These cities included Chicago , Dallas , Houston , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , New York , Philadelphia , Phoenix , San Antonio , and San Diego . Check out chances of being a victim of a violent crime in this chart.  Violent crimes are crimes against a person.  They include murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.  These crimes are sometimes the most dangerous crime

The crime maps above depict areas of intensity commonly known as heat maps. The data used to create these maps is the last one hundred reported shootings in San Antonio. Based on other crime maps done by SpotCrime , these maps seem to have more areas of intensity than others. Bright yellow areas are the hottest areas for shootings or the highest areas of concentration of shootings in San Antonio. Both maps are using the same data. The map with the push pins is showing the specific shootings mapped by SpotCrime to generate the heat map.

The above map was pulled from SpotCrime's San Antonio crime map mashup. For 2008, we have mapped 28 shootings in and around San Antonio from January to October. Even with limited data, one can see areas of concentration particularlly in the eastern area of the city near Martin Luther King Park. The link to the map is here: http://spotcrime.com/tx/san+antonio